{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XV/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568/annex-XV/division-3/division-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1991/2568",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1991-2568",
  "path": "annex/XV/division/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": "Method of calculation and formula",
  "text": "(a) The extract expressed as a percentage by mass of the product as received is equal to:\nS = m 1 × 100 m 0 where:\nS = is the percentage by mass of extract of the product as received,\nm0 = is the mass, in grams, of the test portion,\nm1 = is the mass, in grams, of the extract after drying.\nTake as the result the arithmetic mean of the duplicate determinations, providing the repeatability conditions are satisfied.\nExpress the result to the first decimal place.\n(b) The extract is expressed on a dry matter basis by using the formula:\nS × 100 100 − U = oil percentage of extract on a dry basis where:\nS is the percentage of extract by means of the product as received (see (a)),\nU is its moisture and volatile matter content.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1991/2568/annex/XV/division/3/division/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:01:50.986318+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}